Events
Our 2009-10 seminar series has now ended (details below). Watch this space for news of forthcoming events.
ICAR 2009/10 Seminar Series: Researching asylum seekers, refugees and migrants
ICAR seminars are intended to be for a broad audience, with some seminars tailored specifically to certain groups in the sector. Everyone is welcome to attend and there is no charge. Watch this space for news of forthcoming seminar series or one-off events.
Tuesday June 22nd
'From abstract theory to emotionally driven research: perils of researching vulnerable groups'
Dr Liza Schuster (City University) explores two extremes of research on asylum seekers and refugees: that which fails to ground itself in the lived experience of the research subjects, and that which claims to 'give voice to the voiceless' but risks substituting emotion for analysis.
Tuesday May 25th
'Researching Undocumented Migrants: the fieldwork experience'
Professor Alice Bloch, City University, London
This presentation will explore and reflect on some of the key issues that influenced and affected the research process and the fieldwork experiences in a qualitative study of young undocumented migrants in England. A number of areas will be examined including: carrying out research with potentially vulnerable and sometimes hidden groups, the role of researchers with language skills, access, trust, sampling and representation.
Professor Bloch is co-author of ‘No right to dream': The social and economic lives of young undocumented migrants in Britain (Paul Hamlyn Foundation 2009)
Wednesday April 21st
'Surveying Migrant Populations'
Dr Yara Evans, Queen Mary University, London
Slides from this seminar are available here
Thursday March 25th
From research objects to active subjects: Reflections on the politics of researching asylum
Dr Vicki Squire, Open University, Milton Keynes
Slides from this seminar are available here
Tuesday 8th December 2009
'Gathering Evidence Effectively'
Julie Gibbs and Gabriela Quevedo, ICAR
Slides from this seminar are availabe here
See also the accompanying ICAR Gathering Evidence Effectively Guide
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Last Updated: 22/12/10
